"I would like to be back with this team," Rivera said. "I hope after the season, or even before, that we can agree on an extension or something."

The 33-year-old was lackluster at the plate for the Blue Jays this year but is hitting .292/.346/.438 for the Dodgers. Rivera is in the final season of a three-year, $12.75MM deal which he originally inked with the Angels.

… yet despite the lack of comments, you still manage to use this as a forum to attack Dodger fans who have negative opinions of Ned. Good job! 😉

Perhaps the lack of comments is due to Juan Rivera being an entirely insignificant league average player, and this article lacking pretty much any substance? His acquisition was never going to be a difference maker in the Dodgers 2011 season, and really made little sense with the Dodgers clearly out of contention. Are we supposed to get excited about the possibility of bringing him back in 2012? He’s only had one above average season in the last 5 years (2009), and he’s not exactly young anymore…

In addition, the free agent market for 1B and corner outfield spots are fairly strong, with far better options than Rivera.